Salmah bint Sakhr

Salmah bint Sakhr ibn Amr ibn Ka’ab ibn Sa’ad ibn Teem was known by the kunya (Honorific, Moniker or Nickname) Umm Al-Khair^[1]. She was the wife of Aamir ibn Amr and the mother of Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq

^[2].

Family

• Aamir ibn Amr (Husband)
  • Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq (Son)

Acceptance of Islamic

Umm Al-Khair embraced Islam in the early days of the Prophet’s (ﷺ) da’wah after an incident that brought Abu Bakr to the edge of death.^[3][4][5]

Notes

1. Jump up↑ The Biography of Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq by Dr. ‘Ali Muhammad as-Sallābi, Ch. 1, p. 33
2. Jump up↑ The Noble Life of The Prophet by Dr. Ali Muhammad As-Sallaabee, v1, p.389
3. Jump up↑ The Biography of Abu Bakr As-Siddeeq by Dr. ‘Ali Muhammad as-Sallābi, Ch. 1, p. 33, 57-58
4. Jump up↑ The Noble Life of The Prophet by Dr. Ali Muhammad As-Sallaabee, v1, p.389-391
5. Jump up↑ As-Seerah An-Nabawiyyah by Ibn Katheer (1/439-441) and Al-Bidaayah Wan-Nihaayah (3/30)